ssent. 5. Romani Galbam ducem creaverunt et
summa celeritate profecti sunt. 6. Neque erat[1] tantae multitudinis
quisquam qui morari vellet. 7. Germani non ii sunt qui adventum Caesaris
vereantur. 8. Consulibus occisis erant qui[2] vellent cum regem creare.
9. Pace facta erat nemo qui arma tradere nollet. 10. Inter Helvetios
quis erat qui nobilior illo esset?
II. 1. The Romans called the city Rome. 2. The city was called Rome by
the Romans. 3. The better citizens wished to choose him king. 4. The
brave soldier was not the man to run. 5. There was no one [3]to call me
friend. 6. These are not the men to[4] betray their friends. 7. There
were (some) who called him the bravest of all.
[Footnote 1: Remember that when the verb /sum\ precedes its subject
it is translated _there is_, _there are_, _there were_, etc.]
[Footnote 2: /erant qui\, _there were_ (some) _who_. A wholly
indefinite antecedent of /qui\ does not need to be expressed.]
[Footnote 3: A relative clause of characteristic or description.]
[Footnote 4: See Sec. 389.b.]
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Eighth Review, Lessons LXI-LXIX, Secs. 527-528
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LESSON LXX
THE CONSTRUCTIONS WITH THE CONJUNCTION _CUM_ THE ABLATIVE OF
SPECIFICATION
_395._ The conjunction /cum\ has the following meanings and
constructions:
cum TEMPORAL = _when_, followed by the indicative or the subjunctive
cum CAUSAL = _since_, followed by the subjunctive
cum CONCESSIVE = _although_, followed by the subjunctive
As you observe, the mood after /cum\ is sometimes indicative and
sometimes subjunctive. The reason for this will be made clear by a study
of the following sentences:
1. Caesarem vidi tum cum in Gallia eram,
_I saw Caesar at the time when I was in Gaul_.
2. Caesar in eos impetum fecit cum pacem peterent,
_Caesar made an attack upon them when they were seeking peace_.
3. Hoc erat difficile cum pauci sine vulneribus essent,
_this was difficult, since only a few were without wounds_.
4. Cum primi ordines fugissent, tamen reliqui fortiter consistebant,
_though the front ranks had fled, yet the rest bravely stood
their ground_.
_a._ The underlying principle is one already familiar to you (cf.
Sec. 389.a). When the /cum\ clause states a fact and simply _fixes
the time_ at which the main action took place, the indicative mo
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